Gebirgsjager

[Joe55]

Greetings everyone,

Shown here is a member of the 7th Waffen SS Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen". This unit was largely made up of ethnic Germans and was formed in Serbia and Croatia. It was created for antipartisan warfare.

This is Alpine Miniatures 5th Anniversary figure, and is 1/16 scale. I comes with an optional head with helmet, but I elected to display the helmet a top of a length of rope that I looped up. As expected it went together very well, and was a joy to paint. I used my usual el cheepo auto body primer with Andrea and Vallejo acrylics. Now I find myself looking through the Alpine website trying to decide what to do next .

Joe

 

[Dekiman]

Its painted in great manner.
They are known as tough unit but they committed many war crimes in ex Yugoslavia.

 

[Martin64]

Its painted in great manner.
They are known as tough unit but they committed many war crimes in ex Yugoslavia.

My two cents: - without doubt the SS was committing war crimes but today`s biased view about antipartisan warfare in WW2 is more than strange IMHO.
The way partisans fought against Germany and it`s Allies is no longer questioned although the partisans themselves did not respect the Geneva convention/committed warcrimes against German soldiers and civilian "traitors" and German countermeasures were of course harsh. Germany adressed them as bandits and terrorists.
Today other fighters in the Middle East and elsewhere are adressed with the same terms by our societies... and they are not given the privileges of the Geneva convention likewise because they don`t respect it either. What will be said one day about a replica of todays soldiers fighting these irregular dirty wars?
Maybe about one of these?



Joe: Nice paintjob on this one. Just one observation: The uniform and gear look very clean although the pose and shovel in his hand indicate that he is in the field. Maybe some slight weathering would tie him a bit more into the very nice groundwork.

Cheers, Martin

 

[Ferris]

Nice paint Joe!

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[NickM]

Beaut painting, Joe
Those Alpine 120mm figures are addictive, aren't they?

 

[DEL]

Leaving aside the historical context this is a fine job.
Beautifully painted and the groundwork is well thought out and includes just enough additions to add interest without taking focus from the figure.
Cheers
Derek

 

[megroot]

excellent work.

marc

 

[billyturnip]

Lovely smooth painting Joe, well up to your usual high standard.

 

[Joe55]

Its painted in great manner.
They are known as tough unit but they committed many war crimes in ex Yugoslavia.

Howdy Dekiman, thanks for your comments.

joe

 

[Joe55]

My two cents: - without doubt the SS was committing war crimes but today`s biased view about antipartisan warfare in WW2 is more than strange IMHO.
The way partisans fought against Germany and it`s Allies is no longer questioned although the partisans themselves did not respect the Geneva convention/committed warcrimes against German soldiers and civilian "traitors" and German countermeasures were of course harsh. Germany adressed them as bandits and terrorists.
Today other fighters in the Middle East and elsewhere are adressed with the same terms by our societies... and they are not given the privileges of the Geneva convention likewise because they don`t respect it either. What will be said one day about a replica of todays soldiers fighting these irregular dirty wars?
Maybe about one of these?
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Joe: Nice paintjob on this one. Just one observation: The uniform and gear look very clean although the pose and shovel in his hand indicate that he is in the field. Maybe some slight weathering would tie him a bit more into the very nice groundwork.

Cheers, Martin

Thanks Martin!

You are quite right and I've been thinking of soiling him up a bit.

Joe

 

[Joe55]

Nice paint Joe!

Cheers,
Adrian

Howdy Adrian, and thanks for looking him over and commenting.

Joe

 

[Joe55]

Beaut painting, Joe
Those Alpine 120mm figures are addictive, aren't they?

Thanks Nick, and you are absolutely right, ..... I'm hooked !

Joe

 

[Joe55]

Leaving aside the historical context this is a fine job.
Beautifully painted and the groundwork is well thought out and includes just enough additions to add interest without taking focus from the figure.
Cheers
Derek

Thanks Del!

I tried placing the coiled rope on one shoulder and across his torso, and it looked pretty good too. However, it covered up some of the details, so I decided to simply place it on the boulder. I thought it a bit curious that the sculptor chose to place a shovel in his hand. Seems to me that an ice axe would not only of been appropriate, but would have garnered some cool points as well.

Joe

 

[Joe55]

excellent work.

marc

Hi marc, thank you, I appreciate it!

Joe

 

[Joe55]

Lovely smooth painting Joe, well up to your usual high standard.

Howdy Roger! Thanks, I really appreciate your comments!

Joe

 

[Heeresbergführer]

Drei mal Horrido! Excellent work!

Bergheil,

Patrick

 

[pmfs]

Smooth painting Joe. Like him very much.

Cheers,
Pedro.

 

[Macca G]

Top stuff Joe. Alpine is simply in it's own league, you've really done it justice.

 

[Viking Bob]

I have this one in my stash, I won't get any where near that.
Superb brush work

 

[Mike Stevens]

That is a great figure. Nice work Joe!